Praying Over Fire

Posted by Lee on Apr 11, 2012 Last week I sat in my office to read a basket full of flames.  You know, the flames from Youth Sunday in which you wrote something God is calling you to do that is a challenge for you (just as God’s calling Moses to speak on behalf of the Israelite people was a challenge for him).  You wrote down big and small obstacles in your lives that I know were not easy to admit.  Whether you are...
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The Blessings of Both Giving and Receiving

Posted by Carlton on Dec 14, 2011 Sunday was a wonderful day for our church.  On a day in which our focus was on missions around the world, we were reminded of our own mission right here at home.  We began the service with the baptism of a child whose faith has been nurtured not only by her family but also by this congregation.  It was indeed a blessing to see that nurturing come to fruition as Averie Robbins experienced...
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Beginnings Continued in Prayer

Posted by Lee on Aug 31, 2011 On Sunday I began another module of Way of the Child.  As I was preparing for this beginning, I ran across one of my favorite prayers for children.  I believe this prayer serves to remind me of all that I hope for in working with children and youth.  I invite you to read this prayer, study this prayer, and pray this prayer with me over the coming weeks as we continue with the beginning of the...
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9/11: Ten Years Later, A Sunday Evening Study

Posted by Carlton on Aug 31, 2011 Where were you on 9/11?  Even though it has been 10 years since the events that stunned our nation and the world, I don’t have to give the year for you to know to which 9/11 I am referring.  While that may be the ubiquitous question, the more important question is, “Did we learn what we should have learned from that experience?”  On the ten year anniversary of the attack on our nation it...
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